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ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2022

Burnout phenomenon: neurophysiological factors, clinical features, and aspects of management.

Razia A G Khammissa, Simon Nemutandani, Gal Feller, Johan Lemmer, Liviu Feller

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Review in The Journal of international medical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Low Battery Alarm; A Scoping Review of Autistic Burnout.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026
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  6. Life in the slow lane: reflective practice in postgraduate Emergency Medicine training in South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026
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  7. Occupational Stress in the Neuroticism-Burnout Link: An Exploratory Examination of Physiological Contributions.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Razia A G KhammissaSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Simon NemutandaniSchool of Oral Health Sciences. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Gal FellerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Johan LemmerFaculty of Dentistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Liviu FellerSchool of Oral Health Sciences. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5221-7805

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Burnout syndrome is a distinct "occupational phenomenon" rather than a medical condition, comprising emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, and cognitive weariness. Both exogenous work-related and endogenous personal factors determine the extent and the severity of symptoms in burnout syndrome. Persistent burnout is a cause of reduced quality of life and is associated with increased risk of sleep impairment and with several medical disorders including mild cognitive impairment, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.Active coping strategies promoting mental resilience and adaptive behavior, stress-reducing activities, improving work conditions, and reducing exposure to work stressors together may alleviate the distress of burnout and should be introduced early in the clinical course of burnout syndrome. The purpose of this review was to explain this complex and puzzling phenomenon and to describe burnout management.

Indexed as

Burnout, ProfessionalQuality of LifeAdaptation, PsychologicalEmotionsFatigueHumansBurnoutcognitive behavioral therapycognitive wearinessemotional exhaustionmental resiliencemindfulness

Identifiers

PMID36113033
PMCPMC9478693

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